Post by emmaoliv7 on Jun 30, 2021 16:47:19 GMT
McGregor and Poirier first faced off in September 2014 at the featherweight limit of 145 pounds.
McGregor won that contest by TKO at 1:46 of the first stanza.
The closing odds for the first meeting between the two saw McGregor enter the UFC octagon as
the -260 favorite over Poirier, who was the +215 underdog.
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The second meeting between the two took place in January of this year at UFC 257.
The second meeting between the two took place at the lightweight limit of 155 pounds.
Poirier walked away with the victory after he finished the fight via TKO at 2:32 of Round 2.
McGregor was a bigger favorite at the start of the rematch. He was -333,
while Poirier was the +245 underdog.
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The early odds for the trilogy fight are much closer. McGregor opened as a -175
favorite over Poirier, who was a +150 underdog. With the fight approaching,
the odds have evened and both fighters are listed at -115.
Expect some movement in the line as fight night approaches.
There is so much to unpack here. Conor looked awesome in the first round and appeare
to hurt Poirier on multiple occasions. However, Poirier landed several low-calf kicks
starting at around the 2-minute mark of the first round. Somehow, Conor did not know how
to check a leg kick. From that point on, Conor was very stationary with a badly hurt lead leg.
Unfortunately for McGregor backers, he would be knocked out for the first time in his UFC career.
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Analyzing this fight is difficult because there are so many outside the octagon factors.
Each fighters’ mental capacity going in will tell a lot about how the fight will go. Poirier
admitted to being psyched out by Conor in their first fight. In the second one, Conor came
From the sold-out MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas! The most iconic arena in Sin City willl
be sold out in preparation for “The Notorious” Conor McGregor and Dustin “The Diamond” Poirier.
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UFC 264 is poised to be the biggest event in the UFC this year – rivaled only by a
potential Francis Ngannou vs. Jon Jones fight. UFC 264 odds are slowly being released and
Conor McGregor has opened as a -125 favorite.
out and looked a bit jittery and had a whole new “Nice Guy” persona that he was testing.
Importantly, per Conor’s Instagram, he appears to have dropped his flat-footed boxing stance and is
moving in back to the karate-like style that got him to the dance.